at Attorney General William P. Barr's Statement on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives Awareness Day By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
at United States Reaches Settlement to Recover More Than $49 Million Involving Malaysian Sovereign Wealth Fund By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 00:00:00 -0400 The Department of Justice has reached a settlement of its civil forfeiture cases against assets acquired by Khadem al-Qubaisi using funds allegedly misappropriated from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), Malaysia’s investment development fund, and laundered through financial institutions in several jurisdictions, including the United States, Switzerland, Singapore and Luxembourg. Full Article
at Statement from Assistant Attorney General Stephen E. Boyd Expressing Support for Congressional Efforts to Expedite Payment of Public Safety Officer Benefits to First Responders Who Contract COVID-19 By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 -0400 Assistant Attorney General Stephen E. Boyd issued the following statement in support of efforts to streamline payments under the Public Safety Officer Benefit Program (PSOB) to public safety officers fatally injured while working during COVID-19: Full Article
at Justice Department Settles with Staffing Company to Resolve Immigration-Related Discrimination Claims By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 -0400 The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement with Randstad North America Inc. (Randstad), a global staffing agency with offices throughout the United States and a headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. The settlement resolves the department’s claims that the staffing company’s South Plainfield, New Jersey location, violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by discriminating against lawful permanent residents when verifying their work authorization. Full Article
at President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice Holds Hearing on Juvenile Justice via Series of Teleconferences By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:00:00 -0400 This week, the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice held a hearing on juvenile justice over three days via teleconference. Each teleconference featured expert witnesses who provided testimony and, subsequently, answered questions from the Commissioners. Full Article
at Justice Department Files Statement of Interest to Protect the Rights of Military and Overseas Voters in Georgia By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:00:00 -0400 The Department of Justice today filed a Statement of Interest in a Georgia federal court to help ensure that uniformed service members serving their country away from home, their family members absent with them, and American citizens living overseas have the opportunity to participate fully in Georgia’s 2020 federal elections. The Statement of Interest is part of the Department of Justice’s continued efforts to enforce the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA). Full Article
at Federal Court Permanently Bars Former Liberty Tax Service Owners from Tax Preparation Business By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0400 A federal court in Tampa, Florida has permanently barred Steven Doletzky, formerly doing business as Liberty Tax Service, from operating a tax return preparation business and preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The court also ordered Doletzky to disgorge $175,000 of ill-gotten gains that the United States alleges he received from filing federal tax returns that claimed improper tax refunds, understated customers’ federal tax liabilities, or otherwise included false or fraudulent claims. Full Article
at Federal Court Finds Tampa Tax Preparer in Contempt for Violating the Court’s Preliminary and Permanent Injunctions By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
at Eighth Circuit Upholds Determination that Wells Fargo is Liable for Penalties for Engaging in Abusive Tax Shelter Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0400 The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a precedential opinion on Friday, April 24, 2020, affirming a district court decision that a transaction designed to generate massive foreign tax credits (referred to as the STARS tax shelter) lacked economic substance and business purpose and was subject to the accuracy-related penalty for negligence, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman and Deputy Assistant Attorney General Joshua Wu of the Justice Department’s Tax Division. Full Article
at Federal Appellate Court Upholds Enforcement of IRS Summons Seeking Information Concerning Law Firm Clients Involved in Foreign Transactions By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0400 On April 24, 2020, a federal appellate court upheld an order enforcing an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) summons directed to the Taylor Lohmeyer Law Firm PLLC, the Department of Justice announced. The summons directed the law firm to provide information about clients who used the law firm’s services to create and maintain foreign bank accounts and entities. On appeal, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the trial court’s enforcement of the summons and rejected the law firm’s “blanket” claim that all responsive materials were protected by the attorney-client privilege. It explained that revealing the fact that the clients participated in specific types of transactions would not necessarily reveal any confidential communication of legal advice protected by the attorney-client privilege. Full Article
at Distribution and Collection Operator B EX20-262 By www.greatersudbury.ca Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 18:43:04 GMT Full Article Collections Elections 2014 Engagement Leisure Adult Ages 13 to 18 Ages 6 to 12 Birth to Age 5 Senior Newsroom Mastheads Backgrounder Emergency Advisory Emergency Bulletin Emergency Warning Media Advisory News Release Public Service Announcement Traffic Report Newsroom Streams City Hall Move Play Prepare Work Video Archives Upcoming Event
at Department of Justice Files Statement of Interest in Clanton, Alabama, Bond Case By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0500 Full Article
at In Milestone for Sentencing Reform, Attorney General Holder Announces Record Reduction in Mandatory Minimums Against Nonviolent Drug Offenders By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0500 Full Article
at Department of Justice Statement of Interest Supports Meaningful Right to Counsel in Juvenile Prosecutions By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0400 The Department of Justice today filed a statement of interest in the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia, in N.P. et al. v. The State of Georgia, et al. Full Article
at Attorney General Holder Applauds Settlement to Improve Right to Counsel in New York State By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
at Attorney General Holder Addresses the Bipartisan Summit on Criminal Justice Reform By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
at Remarks by Karen Lash, Access to Justice Deputy Director, on Civil Legal Aid Research at the University of South Carolina School of Law By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
at Director Lisa Foster of the Access to Justice Initiative Delivers Remarks at the Equal Justice Conference By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2015 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
at Justice Department Files Brief to Address the Criminalization of Homelessness By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 06 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
at Director Lisa Foster of the Office for Access to Justice Delivers Remarks at ABA’s 11th Annual Summit on Public Defense By www.justice.gov Published On :: Sat, 06 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0500 Full Article
at Justice Department Announces Resources to Assist State and Local Reform of Fine and Fee Practices By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
at U.S. Attorney’s Office Hosts Reentry Seminar in Tucson as Part of National Reentry Week By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
at Director Lisa Foster of the Office for Access to Justice Delivers Remarks at the Texas Fair Defense Act 15th Anniversary Symposium Celebration By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 06 May 2016 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
at Director Lisa Foster of the Office for Access to Justice Delivers Remarks at the ABA’s 2016 National Meeting of State Access to Justice Chairs By www.justice.gov Published On :: Sat, 14 May 2016 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
at Assistant Attorney General John P. Carlin Delivers Opening Remarks at the National Security Division 10 Year Anniversary Conference By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0400 Thank you, Sean, for your kind introduction. And thank you to CSIS for partnering with us in this conference and for your leadership and innovative thinking on critical policy issues that affect us all. I would like to take a few moments now to reflect on how the National Security Division (NSD) came to be and how, in our first decade, we have strived to achieve our twin aims: protecting the United States against national security threats while safeguarding our core freedoms. Full Article
at Justice Department Files Brief to Address Automatic Suspensions of Driver’s Licenses for Failure to Pay Court Debt By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 07 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0500 Full Article
at Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General Bill Baer Delivers Remarks at Second International Conference on Access to Legal Aid in Criminal Justice Systems By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0500 Full Article
at Cantor Fitzgerald Agrees to Pay $3.2 Million to Settle Charges for Providing Deficient Blue Sheet Data By www.sec.gov Published On :: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 16:15:10 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. has agreed to pay $3.2 million to settle charges for providing the SEC with incomplete and inaccurate securities trading information known as “blue sheet data.”… Full Article
at SEC Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations Publishes Risk Alerts Providing Advance Information Regarding Inspections for Compliance with Regulation Best Interest and Form CRS By www.sec.gov Published On :: Tue, 07 Apr 2020 12:23:24 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) has issued two risk alerts: Examinations that Focus on Compliance with Regulation Best Interest and Examinations that Focus on Compliance with… Full Article
at In Response to Self-Executing Congressional Mandates, SEC Adopts Offering Reforms for Business Development Companies and Registered Closed-End Funds By www.sec.gov Published On :: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 16:30:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to adopt rule amendments to implement certain provisions of the Small Business Credit Availability Act and the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act relating to business… Full Article
at Foreign National and American Trader Settle Fraud Charges in EDGAR Hacking Case By www.sec.gov Published On :: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 13:30:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settlements with David Kwon and Igor Sabodakha, two traders who allegedly profited from trading on nonpublic corporate earnings information hacked from the SEC’s EDGAR system. The settlement… Full Article
at Natasha Guinan Named Chief Counsel, Office of the Chief Accountant By www.sec.gov Published On :: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 12:29:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Natasha Guinan has been named Chief Counsel, Office of the Chief Accountant (OCA). As Chief Counsel, Ms. Guinan will provide legal guidance to the Chief Accountant and the other OCA groups in… Full Article
at SEC Charges Former Financial Services Executive With FCPA Violations By www.sec.gov Published On :: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 16:25:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a former executive of a financial services company with orchestrating a bribery scheme to help a client to win a government contract to build and operate an electrical power plant in the Republic of… Full Article
at SEC Provides for Phased CAT Broker-Dealer Reporting Timelines with Conditional Exemption for Impacts of COVID-19 By www.sec.gov Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 19:45:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission announced it has voted to issue two exemptive orders in order to move Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) implementation forward: (1) establishing a phased CAT reporting timeline for broker-dealers, and (2) permitting… Full Article
at SEC Proposes to Modernize Framework for Fund Valuation Practices By www.sec.gov Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 19:20:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has voted to propose a new rule that would establish a framework for fund valuation practices. The rule is designed to clarify how fund boards can satisfy their valuation obligations in… Full Article
at Louis Gracia and Vanessa Horton Named Associate Directors of Investment Adviser/Investment Company Examination Program in Chicago Regional Office By www.sec.gov Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 11:59:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Louis Gracia and Vanessa Horton have been named Associate Directors of the Investment Adviser/Investment Company (IA/IC) examination program in the agency's Chicago Regional Office. Together, Mr… Full Article
at Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee to Discuss the SEC’s Capital Formation Proposal on May 8 By www.sec.gov Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 17:15:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today released the agenda for the Friday, May 8 meeting of its Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee, which will be hosted via video conference. The Committee will discuss the Commission’s recent… Full Article
at SEC Commemorates Teacher Appreciation Week, Highlights Ongoing Commitment to Serving Teachers By www.sec.gov Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 13:45:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it is premiering new multimedia resources to support teachers in connection with Teacher Appreciation Week. This content builds on the Commission’s longstanding efforts to serve teachers in both their… Full Article
at SEC Directs Equity Exchanges and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to Improve Governance of Market Data Plans By www.sec.gov Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 14:03:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued an order directing the equity exchanges and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) (the participants) to submit a new National Market System plan (NMS plan) with a modernized governance… Full Article
at SEC Charges Bloomberg Tradebook for Order Routing Misrepresentations By www.sec.gov Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 16:35:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed settled charges against registered broker-dealer Bloomberg Tradebook LLC for making material misrepresentations and omitting material facts about how the firm handled certain customer trade orders. The… Full Article
at U.S. v. Langan Insulation, LLC By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 15:07:49 GMT Documents filed on February 3, 2020 Plea Agreement Letter Information Full Article
at Eight Defendants Charged with Running Two of the Largest Illegal Television Show and Movie Streaming Services in the United States By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0400 A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging eight individuals with conspiring to violate federal criminal copyright law by running two of the largest unauthorized streaming services in the United States, resulting in the loss of millions of dollars by television program and motion picture copyright owners. Full Article
at Former Virginia Tech Professor Sentenced for Grant Fraud, False Statements, Obstruction By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
at Couple Who Worked at Local Research Institute for 10 Years Charged with Stealing Trade Secrets, Wire Fraud By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0400 A former Dublin, Ohio, couple has been charged with crimes related to stealing exosome-related trade secrets concerning the research, identification and treatment of a range of pediatric medical conditions announced Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers of National Security, U.S. Attorney Benjamin C. Glassman for the Southern District of Ohio, Assistant Director John Brown of the Counterintelligence division and FBI Special Agent in Charge Todd Wickerham of the Cincinnati division. Full Article
at Chinese National Sentenced to Prison for Conspiring to Illegally Export Military- and Space-Grade Technology from the United States to China By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0400 Full Article
at Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski Delivers Remarks at the Thirteenth Law Enforcement and Industry Meeting on Intellectual Property Enforcement By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0500 This conference offers a great opportunity for CCIPS, the Department, and each of our law enforcement colleagues gathered at the table today to discuss our shared efforts in IP enforcement, and to hear your comments about the latest successes and challenges. It’s an event that benefits all of us. Full Article
at Chinese National Pleads Guilty to Committing Theft of Trade Secrets By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0500 TULSA, Okla. – Hongjin Tan, a 35 year old Chinese national and U.S. legal permanent resident, pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to committing theft of trade secrets from his employer, a U.S. petroleum company. Full Article
at Newport Man Pleads Guilty to Copyright Infringement for Creating Illegal Video Streaming and Downloading Websites By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0500 Full Article
at California man who hacked into Nintendo servers to steal video games and other proprietary information pleads guilty By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0500 Seattle – A 21-year-old Palmdale, California, man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to federal crimes related to his computer hacking scheme and his possession of child pornography found on his digital devices, announced U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran. Full Article
at Chinese Telecommunications Conglomerate Huawei and Subsidiaries Charged in Racketeering Conspiracy and Conspiracy to Steal Trade Secrets By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0500 A superseding indictment was returned yesterday in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charging Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (Huawei), the world’s largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer, and two U.S. subsidiaries with conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). Full Article
